diff --git a/tests/auto/auto.pro b/tests/auto/auto.pro
index b831ecefe5..44ed5718ef 100644
--- a/tests/auto/auto.pro
+++ b/tests/auto/auto.pro
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 TEMPLATE=subdirs
 SUBDIRS=\
-    declarative
+    declarative \
+    particles
 
 # ### refactor: port properly
 # contains(QT_CONFIG, qmltest): SUBDIRS += qmltest
diff --git a/tests/auto/particles/particles.pro b/tests/auto/particles/particles.pro
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2c793a988e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/auto/particles/particles.pro
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+TEMPLATE = subdirs
+
+PRIVATETESTS += \
+    qsgage \
+    qsgangleddirection \
+    qsgcumulativedirection \
+    qsgcustomaffector \
+    qsgcustomparticle \
+    qsgellipseextruder \
+    qsgfriction \
+    qsggravity \
+    qsgimageparticle \
+    qsgitemparticle \
+    qsglineextruder \
+    qsgmaskextruder \
+    qsgparticlegroup \
+    qsgparticlesystem \
+    qsgpointattractor \
+    qsgpointdirection \
+    qsgrectangleextruder \
+    qsgtargetdirection \
+    qsgtrailemitter \
+    qsgturbulence \
+    qsgwander
+
+contains(QT_CONFIG, private_tests) {
+    SUBDIRS += $$PRIVATETESTS
+}
diff --git a/tests/auto/particles/qsgage/tst_qsgage.cpp b/tests/auto/particles/qsgage/tst_qsgage.cpp
index d595e6e2bd..45267e5046 100644
--- a/tests/auto/particles/qsgage/tst_qsgage.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/particles/qsgage/tst_qsgage.cpp
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ void tst_qsgage::test_kill()
 
     QCOMPARE(system->groupData[0]->size(), 500);
     foreach (QSGParticleData *d, system->groupData[0]->data) {
+        if (d->t == -1) //Recycler out-smarted me and never needed to init this datum
+            continue;
         QCOMPARE(d->x, 0.f);
         QCOMPARE(d->y, 0.f);
         QCOMPARE(d->vx, 1000.f);
diff --git a/tests/auto/particles/qsgcustomaffector/tst_qsgcustomaffector.cpp b/tests/auto/particles/qsgcustomaffector/tst_qsgcustomaffector.cpp
index ec86fc7fff..2a7e978b8b 100644
--- a/tests/auto/particles/qsgcustomaffector/tst_qsgcustomaffector.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/particles/qsgcustomaffector/tst_qsgcustomaffector.cpp
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ void tst_qsgcustomaffector::test_basic()
 
     QCOMPARE(system->groupData[0]->size(), 500);
     foreach (QSGParticleData *d, system->groupData[0]->data) {
+        if (d->t == -1) //Recycler out-smarted me and never needed to init this datum
+            continue;
         QCOMPARE(d->x, 100.f);
         QCOMPARE(d->y, 100.f);
         QCOMPARE(d->vx, 100.f);